2015-10-30 ENERGY CHECK ON SEIN Energy Check on Sein 1 Introduction 1 2 A brief description 2 3 Energy calculations 4 4 Conclusion 4 1 Introduction In 2015, Sein joined the SMILEGOV1 a clear picture of the island’s energy project through its membership in consumption, its emissions and how it l’Association Les Îles du Ponant (AIP) is it supplied with energy, moving into and subsequently in the European an action plan for a more sustainable Small Islands Federation (ESIN). The future, and to invite the island to join 2 objectives of SMILEGOV, funded by the the Pact of Islands . European Commission, is to establish 1 http://www.sustainableislands.eu/ 2 http://www.islepact.eu/html/index.aspx 1 (6) ENERGY CHECK ON SEIN Christian Pleijel
[email protected] Tel +358-457-342 88 25 ENERGY CHECK ON SEIN Being late arrivers in the project, the Christian Pleijel, Vice President of work with Sein has been focused on ESIN (European Small Islands Federa- checking the island’s status and plans, tion) and Denis Bredin, Director of the not proposing actions, and to use this AIP, have compiled this limited audit knowledge to enhance the total pro- of the energy situation on Sein 2015. ject knowledge of small islands energy Islands are miniatures of the world, needs and solutions. solitary, clearly separated from the There are excellent data on energy mainland by the sea. Being small, dis- and emissions on Sein in the AIP do- tant and vulnerable, an island needs to cuments « Profil Énergie et Gaz à effet plan and develop itself in a cohesive de serre – Sein » (2014), « Transition and continuous manner, handling the Énergétique des îles du Ponant – complexity of local, regional and Eu- Sein”( 2014), « Monographie Sein ropean politics, combining micro and 2103 », and « Atlas des îles de macro scale.